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Richard C. Schwartz (born 14 September 1949), is an American systemic family therapist, academic, author, and creator of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) branch of therapy. He developed his foundational work with IFS in the 1980s after noticing that his clients were made up of many different pieces of "parts" of their "Self." He teaches that, "Our inner parts contain valuable qualities and our core Self knows how to heal, allowing us to become integrated and whole. In IFS all parts are welcome." Career Schwartz earned his Ph.D. in marriage and family therapy. He has taught at several institutions, including the Institute for Juvenile Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University as well as Harvard Medical School. He is the founder of the Center for Self Leadership in 2000, but in 2019, the organization changed its name to the IFS Institute. Publications Schwartz has published over 50 articles about IFS, and his authorship includes the following: Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model, Second Edition Internal Family Systems: Skills Training Manual (co-authored with Frank G. Anderson & Martha Sweezy) No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model The Mosaic Mind: Empowering the Tormented Selves of Child Abuse Survivors (co-authored with Regina A. Goulding) You Are The One You've Been Waiting For: Bringing Courageous Love To Intimate Relationships Many Minds, One Self: Evidence for a Radical Shift in Paradigm (co-authored with Robert R. Falconer Handbook of Family Therapy Training and Supervision (Edited by Howard A. Liddle, Douglas C. Breunlin, and Richard C. Schwartz) External links IFS Institute References. Discover the Richard C Schwartz popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Richard C Schwartz books.